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Status: Single
City: london
Country: UK
Signup Date: 3/18/2007

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December 11, 2009 - Friday 

Current mood:  virginal
Category: Music
Superb article by Jon Savage

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/dec/10/jon-savage-lines-white-night?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments

talking about the first single White Night. it would be marvellous if you check the link and add your comments.

We are in the process of setting up gigs for 2010
we are playing 7th Feb at the Bull and Gate London with Jowe Heads New Band.
Also in negotiation to play at the Optimo club in Galsgow sometime around then.

If any of you have any info that could help us find gigs in  UK EU USA for 2010 or know of an agent that may be interested let us know.
October 2, 2009 - Friday 
Hello there, just to inform you that THE LINES are doing a gig in London
Thurs 8th of Oct in Stoke Newington.

March 12, 2009 - Thursday 

Current mood:  geeky
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Some of you may already
know, 3/4 of the lines performed live on Resonance Radio on the Ambrosia
Rasputin show. If you missed it you can download the whole damn thing including
our music selections and banter with AR. For those of a nervous disposition The
Lines segment is towards the last 25 mins.

 As Jo Forty could not be with us we decided to keep him involved by
improvising over his 80s solo recording "Radio Bass" this was fed to
us by tabletop Mac through headphones. It was slightly disconcerting as we didn’t
have a lot of time to set up and it was hard to gauge the balance between what
was happening live in studio and what was on tape.

 For the Tesco Bomber wearers out there I played Zildjian cymbal, Paiste Sham
69 cymbal (burnt and re-tempered in studio fire) sizzle rivet 5 Star Super Zyn,
small sizzle of unknown make, small bells, sleigh bells, tambourine, temple
blocks, steel guiro and Gretch 14" floor tom. Rico played a Squire Strat
in a rather fetching mild gold hue. Michael was on Yamaha Pacifica through boss
pedal effect. Jo Forty was in Dorset listening on the wireless. ....


If you would like to hear
the recording it can be downloaded here:....


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http://www.sendspace.com/file/ctx4jn....

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The
first 2/3 of the show consists of music chosen by The Lines the last third
lasting about 20 minutes was our live performance
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February 23, 2009 - Monday 

Current mood:  productive



Dear best friends,

we have been cordially invited to join Mr Ambrosia Rasputin on his wednesday evening, wireless show. Show starts at 9.pm so make sure your generators are fully wound and batteries loaded. We will play some of our recorded music, which has not been heard since the mid - 1980s and then, only by a minute portion of the cognescenti. We will also play music by other artistes, and although there will only be three of us: Rico; Micheal and Nick, we aim to perform live, making it up on the spur as it were.

Resonance Radio 104.4 Fm






February 11, 2009 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  adventurous

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Friends, after a
slight pause of 22 years The Lines have played together in one room. The
circumstances: as you may know the kind/fanatical Acute Records
have released our back catalogue on compact disc. Memory Span a
collection of singles and Floodbank, the two Long playing records
conjoined into one package. The ensuing blog activity, reviews and
retrospectives including a piece in Dazed and Confused (jan issue) have
given us the impetus to start rehearsing, ready for playing live in the very
near future. ....


 First rehearsals were tentative with just
Rico Mick and Nick but on Sunday 8th all four of us got together
and from my perspective it felt very promising, plenty of work
to do but a definite vibe just like days of yore.



We are actively seeking an agent for gigs, or one off interesting events to
play.



Nick Cash